Apple, Inc. Mission Statement: “Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.”

A Strength of Apple: Vision Vision “ I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” -Wayne Gretzky

History of Apple, Inc Apple Computer Company founded Enters Fortune 500. John Sculley becomes president and CEO. Apple airs “1984” during Super Bowl Jobs forced out of company 1993 Sculley forced out Steve Jobs returns to Apple Apple changes name to Apple, Inc.

SWOT Strengths: Retail Store Products/Branding Steve Jobs Marketing/ Advertising Innovation Weaknesses: Non-Compatibility Price Proprietary Opportunities: Stock Investments Jobs-Moving Up Threats: Copy-Cat Products Market Share-PC’s Too Broad Steve Jobs Health

Inputs, Outputs, & Feedback Inputs: Steve Jobs 17,000 Employees 200+ Retail Stores Outputs: iPod Mac Computers iPhone 3G Feedback: Customer Support/Service AppleCare

Profile - Apple Corporation Company Stock Performance Graph shows a five-year comparison of cumulative total shareholder return for the Company.

Profile - Apple Corporation Financial Results for 07 ’ 2007: Revenue-$9.6 billion & net quarterly profit of $1.58 billion. 2006: Revenue-$7.1 billion & net quarterly profit of $1 billion. Gross margin increased from 31.2% to 34.7% a year ago. International sales account for 45% of revenue. Share Holders: As of November 2, 2007, there were 30,336 shareholders of record.

Apple Corporation 3G iphone  Apple’s original iphone reached the mark of one million sales within just 74 days from launch.  Apple announced number of sales of their new iphone surpassed the one million mark just 3 days after the launch date July 11,  Steve Jobs said he expected 10 million phones to be sold in  The new 3G is twice as fast, available all over the world, and half the price of its original at $199. So Jobs' 2007 estimate may be conservative. iPhone 3G is now available in 21 countries.

Where is Apple Located? Apple’s main headquarters is located at 1 Infinite Loop, Silicon Valley, California.

Where is Apple Located? Apple has also expanded internationally with locations in Cork, Ireland and Silicon Valley, Singapore. Cork, IrelandSilicon Valley, Singapore

Where is Apple Located? Apple has over 200 retail locations across the U.S. To find a store nearest you, Apple’s main website provides a search engine that can provide that information.

Apple Products

History of Apple Products 1977 Apple II (first personal computer) Cost $1,298 1 MHz microprocessor and 4-48 KB of RAM Lisa Cost $10,000 5 MHz processor and 1 MB of RAM Macintosh Cost $2,495 8 MHz processor and KB of RAM. *1985 Steve Job’s forced out 1987 Macintosh II Cost $3, MHz processor and KB of RAM. *1997 Steve Job Returns TODAY…

iMac All-In-One 1998 iMac- All-In-One Cost $1, MHz processor, 256 Mb of RAM and 4 GB of Storage Space iMac- All-In-One Cost $1, /800 MHz processor, 1 GB of RAM and 60 GB of Storage Space iMac- All-In-One Cost $1,199-$2,199 20” – 24” screens GHz processor, 4 GB of RAM, and GB of Storage Space. CD / DVD burner drive. iSight camera- you can video chat with friends and family. iLife ’08-photo, iDVD, iWeb: create a photo book, make a movie, build a blog, compose a song, etc…

The iPod 160 GB iPod Classic: $349  40,000 songs for  Weighs 5.7 ounces  200 hrs of video  Photo Album  2.5-inch Color Display 4 GB iPod Nano: $199  2,000 songs for  iPod nano commercial iPod nano commercial 2 GB iPod shuffle: $69  500 songs

iPhone 3G Twice as Fast. Half the Price 16 GB G3 iPhone $349  Cell phone  iPod Touch  GPS  App Store  Calendar  Internet: browse the web, , weather, take notes, view maps, etc...

Apple vs. PC Price: $1,199 $ Year extended warranty. $0 Internet security not necessary. $ Microsoft Office Total: $1, Features: Apple’s Leopard Operating System 20” screen. 2.4 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, and 250 GB of Storage Space. Burn and watch personal videos with the built-in slot-load DVD. Price: $1,299 $ Year extended warranty. $69.99 Norton Internet security. $ Microsoft Office Total: $1, Features: Windows Vista operating system 22” screen. 2.5 GHz processor Intel Core2 Duo, 4 GB of SDRAM, and 320 GB of Storage Space. Burn and watch personal videos with the built- in slot-load DVD Watch, pause, rewind, & record live TV Get quick, easy touch-screen access to your programs.

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